Stopper or seal for bottles.



No. 7l6,392. Patented Dec. 23, I902.

W. S. DDRMAN.

STUPPEE 0R SEAL FOR BOTTLES.

(Application filed Apr. 3, 1802.; (No Model.)

witnesses rrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. DORMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HARRY F. TURNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

STOPPER OR SEAL FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,392, dated December 23, 1902. Application filed April 3, 1902. Serial No. 101,183. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. DonMAN, a citizen of the United States, residingin Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New 5 York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoppers or Seals for Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art 10 to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in bottle-seals; and the object is to provide an improved bottle-seal which is simple in construction, effective and durable in attaining the purposes of its use, and which is readily and conveniently applied, and when applied will effectively seal the bottle.

My invention consists in the novel construction of parts and their aggroupment in operative combination, as will be hereinafter fully specified, and the novelty thereof particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my improvements in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a bottle-neck having my improved bottle-seal applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank cut out to form the disk and retainingring, the portion of the disk which forms the annular depending flange being indicated by dotted line. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the disk with the retaining-ring portion and fingerpiece complete. Fig. 4. is a perspective of the bottle-seal complete.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the bottle-neck, having formed therein adjacent to its month an annular groove or seat 1, the upper and lower wallsof which lie on a horizontal plane at substantially right angles to the vertical wall of the grooye and wherein the bottle-seal is fitted with the cork or seal resting on the base of the groove and the expanding retaining-ring engaged under the upper shoulder of the groove.

the metal of the disk and so that the base Y ofthe retaining-ring may be turned up and over on the disk, as indicated in the drawings. The depending annular flange 5 may then be made and the disk and flange thus made to form a cap, in which the cork or other yielding and elastic seal and closure is seated and held. The free end portion 6 is stamped out to slant inward to constitute a fingerpiece, whereby the retaining-ring may be manipulated. The retaining-rim g thus formed is then turned over and down flat on the surface of the cap or disk with its outer edge extending beyond the peripheral edge of the disk and cap, and because of the resilient character of the material the retaining-ring may be contracted to pass into the mouth of the bottle until it reaches the upper end of the annular groove,when it willautomatically expand and engage under the upper wall of the groove, and thus hold the disk cap and cork therein firmly in place.

The retaining-ring, it will be seen, is a strip of metal having a natural resilient and expansive function, and being flat it takes a much more permanent and stronger hold in its seat in the groove than the usualdetached round wire retaining-ring. perceived that the cap and seal are united by the seal or cork being fixed and compressed within the cap, and the retaining-ring being integrally attached to the cap it may be utilized as the element by which the cap, with the cork, may be withdrawn or removed by simply seizing the free end of the ring and drawing it from its seat in the groove and then exerting a force sufficient to tip the cap and cork and then lift the whole out.

Having described my invention, claim is 1. A bottle-seal formed with an integral laterally-expansible retaining-ring lying flat on and in contact with the top of the stopper and extending beyond its periphery.

what I It will also be I 2. A bottle-seal formed with an integral retaining-ring disposed flat on the top of the stopper with its outer edge extending beyond the perimetral edge of the stopper.

3. A bottle-seal formed with a flat retaining-ring having one end integral with the stopper and lying in contact with the top surface thereof with its perimetral edge extending beyond the edge of the stopper and having an inwardly-turned free end.

4. A bottle-stopper comprising a cap-disk, a flat retaining-ring integral with the capdisk and lying thereon with its outer edges extending beyond the periphery of the cap,

and formed with a finger-piece at its free end I 5 and extending inward on the face of the cap. 5. A bottle-stopper retainer, consisting of a disk cap on the stopper, and a flat expansible retaining-ring having one end integral with the cap and its body arranged to over- 20 hang the periphery of the cap, with its free end extended to constitute a finger-piece.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM S. DORMAN. WVitnesses:

C. G. HEYLMUN, A. G. HEYLMUN. 

